Let's create a blank ActionScript 3.0 FLA file and look at how to adjust a few…important document settings before adding to any Flash project.…So first, I am going to save my file to my computer as test.fla, and to…the desktop is fine.…To set the properties for your document, like background color and size, simply…click on the Stage and look in the Properties panel.…The Properties panel tells you information about whatever thing you've clicked…on, and in this case, it's the Stage, so the document itself.…

Before we go further, I am going to grab my Rectangle tool and quickly draw a…shape on the Stage to demonstrate something else in just a moment.…So I'll just draw my rectangle, and then use my Arrow tool and click on the rectangle.…We can see in the Property inspector that the width is 125 and the height is 72.…So I will click on the pasteboard to deselect the rectangle.…In the Property inspector, we see the properties about the FLA document again.…Here in the Properties area, I'll click on the icon of the wrench to edit…

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5/7/2012

This course provides a solid foundation in Adobe Flash Professional CS6 and shows how to create an assortment of Flash content. Author Anastasia McCune explains the different destinations for Flash projects—mobile devices, the desktop, or the web—and where ActionScript fits into it all. She shows how to create a new project, structure document layers and arrange objects on the Timeline, and how to get started drawing basic shapes and incorporate text, images, audio, and video. The course also explains the different types of symbols and tweens in Flash, and how to use them to build and animate content. The final chapters outline the publishing options available for Flash projects, including Adobe AIR.